HERAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Herat mean? 

• HERAT (noun)
  The noun HERAT has 1 sense:

1. a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities

  Familiarity information: HERAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Herat" is a part of...):

Afghanistan; Islamic State of Afghanistan (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south)